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Biking

Working with some long-time commuter cyclists, I’ve collected the best advice and sweet tips to hack your bike commute. There are tips for how to practically prepare for, execute, and recover from commuting by bike.

Get to class after the best bikes are taken. Resign yourself to sit between the Heavy Sweater and the Noisy Grunter. If the only available bike is next to the Peppy Chatter, abort the mission altogether.

I realized through all of this that it didn’t matter if I ran a red light or stopped for it, whether I sat behind a line of slow moving cars or wove between them, whether I passed a bus on the left or on the right. Drivers were going to hate my presence no matter what.